Dr Roberta King an ethnomusicologist from Fuller Theological Seminary and her assistant.
A very welcome face - Fouzi Skali back at the festival
Erik Loots, the on-stage sound maestro with sound director Chris Ekers
The photographers' photographer, Catherine Bendayan, (pictured above) whose wonderful photographs of the Festival are seen year after year.
And finally - there is one at every Festival - the man (and it is usually a man), who hasn't absorbed enough peace and tranquillity and complains about the photographers disturbing the concerts. The man (pictured above) took exception to an American academic making (silently) a video of a performance. Unfortunately he was unable to do so politely and so a local French identity bestowed the nickname <<Monsieur Grumpy>>.
Tags: Moroccan Morocco Fes, Maghreb news
6 comments:
Its a bit rude to insult someone and publish their photo, Im guessing without permission. Everybody's allowed their opinion (I notice the writer of this blog has many) without facing public ridicule. Personally I agree the photographers were intrusive.
But this particular man was very rude himself.
I thought that the press photographers this year were most unobtrusive and all obeyed the 10-minute rule at the evening concerts. They didn't obscure my view or make a nuisance of themselves. Some members of the public were still using flash, though.
I AGREE WITH THE bLOG. i HEARD THE GRUMPY MAN BEING VERY RUDE. aND BY THE WAY i THOUGHT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WORKED VERY HARD IN THE HEAT. iT CAN'T BE EASY. aND WITHOUTTHEM WE WOULD NOT HAVE SUCH GREAT PICTURES AS MEMORIES
I AGREE WITH THE bLOG. i HEARD THE GRUMPY MAN BEING VERY RUDE. aND BY THE WAY i THOUGHT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WORKED VERY HARD IN THE HEAT. iT CAN'T BE EASY. aND WITHOUTTHEM WE WOULD NOT HAVE SUCH GREAT PICTURES AS MEMORIES
The first poster has a point. The author used his/her access to the media to very personnelly attack someone. The fact that he may or may not have been rude is beside the point. The publication of this man's photo was wrong. Was the man's permission sought to publish his photo?
Where does misuse of power stop? I exaggerate a little for effect, but if this man was a senior policeman or judge would it be then OK for him to use his influence to have the authors of the article punished.
I do not agree with the second "anonymous" - first it is not necessary to get permission to publish a photograph of a person in Morocco. Second there is no law which could ( or should) be used to "punish" anyone for doing so. Hopefully the man who was rude will rethink his behaviour before doing it again!
Also the behaviour of the photographers this year was exemplary and better than previous years. The only exceptions were non-accredited photographers who did not obey the rules laid down. Without the publicity from the photographers work, the festival would be a much less successful event.
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